scholarly journals Callous-Unemotional Traits are Associated With Child-to-Parent Aggression

2021 ◽  
pp. 0306624X2110491
Author(s):  
Hue San Kuay ◽  
Lynda G. Boothroyd ◽  
Graham J. Towl ◽  
Paul A. Tiffin ◽  
Luna C. Muñoz
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Young People ◽  
Alternative Education ◽  
Parenting Styles ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Online Study ◽  
Callous Unemotional ◽  
Callous Unemotional Traits ◽  
Unemotional Traits

This study examined the relations between callous-unemotional traits and perpetration of aggression toward parents in two separate studies, while also considering motivation for aggression and parenting styles experienced among young people. Study 1 involved 60 parents of children aged between 11 and 17 years old. The online study found high callous-unemotional traits, as reported by parents, to be associated with aggression toward both parents. Both types of motivation (proactive and reactive, as reported by parents) were associated with aggression toward parents. Study 2 involved 42 youths from an alternative education sample (between 11 and 16 years old). Youths with higher self-reported callous-unemotional traits reported more aggression toward both parents. Both studies, which had different reporters and different samples, showed youths with higher callous-unemotional traits were more aggressive toward their parents. In discussing the results, we note the importance of including callous-unemotional traits in future research on parent-directed aggression and in studies on domestic violence more broadly.

A Pilot Study of Emotional Response to Time-Out in Children With Conduct Problems and Callous-Unemotional Traits

2019 ◽  
Vol 123 (5) ◽  
pp. 2017-2037 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pevitr S. Bansal ◽  
Sarah M. Haas ◽  
Michael T. Willoughby ◽  
Erika K. Coles ◽  
William E. Pelham ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Pilot Study ◽  
Conduct Problems ◽  
Treatment Program ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Negative Behaviors ◽  
Summer Treatment Program ◽  
Callous Unemotional ◽  
Callous Unemotional Traits ◽  
Time Out ◽  
Unemotional Traits

Little research has examined how children with conduct problems and concurrent callous-unemotional traits (CPCU) emotionally and behaviorally respond to time-out. This pilot study examined the distribution and stability of emotions during time-out as well as the association between emotions and negative behaviors. Participants were 11 children ( Mage = 9.8 years) with CPCU who participated in a summer treatment program designed specifically for children with CPCU. Summer treatment program counselors rated each child’s emotion when time-out was first assigned and then as the time-out progressed and indicated whether the child had negative behavior during time-out. These ratings were completed for approximately 30% of time-outs that occurred. Results showed that children were mostly rated as “unemotional” or “calm” and that these emotions were relatively stable throughout time-out. Furthermore, negative behaviors were most common during time-outs when children’s emotions were rated as “amused.” Results provide groundwork for future research to extend upon the methods used in the current study to further examine the emotional and behavioral response to time-out in children with CPCU.

scholarly journals The Relationship Between Social Functioning and Resilience in Young People with Conduct Problems and Callous-Unemotional Traits.

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Caitlin Heesterman
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Social Functioning ◽  
Conduct Problems ◽  
Peer Relationships ◽  
Prosocial Behaviour ◽  
Callous Unemotional ◽  
Callous Unemotional Traits ◽  
Unemotional Traits ◽  
The Relationship

<p>Resilience is the dynamic process of achieving positive outcomes in the presence of risk or difficulties. For young people, greater social functioning tends to increase resilience as individuals benefit from the support of family, peers and any teachers or adults around them. Additionally, these relationships provide young people an opportunity to practice skills which might also contribute to better outcomes (e.g., learning how to collaborate effectively). The current study investigated how the association between resilience and each of peer relationships, collaboration, perspective taking, empathic concern and prosocial behaviour was different across four groups of adolescent participants with high and low callous-unemotional (CU) traits and/or conduct problems (CP). Individuals varying on CU and CP tend to have reduced social functioning, reduced resilience and be at risk for worse long-term outcomes. A multiple regression analysis showed that as these social functioning variables increased, so did resilience for all groups other than those high on CP alone. Significant predictors within the model varied depending on whether individuals were high on both, one or neither of CU and CP. Collaboration, prosocial behaviour and peer relationships were all significant predictors of resilience for individuals low on both difficulties, whereas collaboration was the only significant predictor those only high on callous-unemotional traits. Prosocial behaviour was the only significant predictor for those high on both difficulties. These results suggest the importance of considering how these difficulties interact as greater resilience might be fostered in different ways depending on the unique pattern individuals exhibit of callous-unemotional traits and conduct problems.  </p>

scholarly journals The Relationship Between Social Functioning and Resilience in Young People with Conduct Problems and Callous-Unemotional Traits.

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Caitlin Heesterman
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Social Functioning ◽  
Conduct Problems ◽  
Peer Relationships ◽  
Prosocial Behaviour ◽  
Callous Unemotional ◽  
Callous Unemotional Traits ◽  
Unemotional Traits ◽  
The Relationship

<p>Resilience is the dynamic process of achieving positive outcomes in the presence of risk or difficulties. For young people, greater social functioning tends to increase resilience as individuals benefit from the support of family, peers and any teachers or adults around them. Additionally, these relationships provide young people an opportunity to practice skills which might also contribute to better outcomes (e.g., learning how to collaborate effectively). The current study investigated how the association between resilience and each of peer relationships, collaboration, perspective taking, empathic concern and prosocial behaviour was different across four groups of adolescent participants with high and low callous-unemotional (CU) traits and/or conduct problems (CP). Individuals varying on CU and CP tend to have reduced social functioning, reduced resilience and be at risk for worse long-term outcomes. A multiple regression analysis showed that as these social functioning variables increased, so did resilience for all groups other than those high on CP alone. Significant predictors within the model varied depending on whether individuals were high on both, one or neither of CU and CP. Collaboration, prosocial behaviour and peer relationships were all significant predictors of resilience for individuals low on both difficulties, whereas collaboration was the only significant predictor those only high on callous-unemotional traits. Prosocial behaviour was the only significant predictor for those high on both difficulties. These results suggest the importance of considering how these difficulties interact as greater resilience might be fostered in different ways depending on the unique pattern individuals exhibit of callous-unemotional traits and conduct problems.  </p>

Callous-unemotional Traits: Verhaltensprobleme und prosoziales Verhalten bei Kindergartenkindern

2012 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 141-150 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ute Koglin ◽  
Franz Petermann
Keyword(s):  
Cu Traits ◽  
Callous Unemotional ◽  
Antisocial Process Screening Device ◽  
Callous Unemotional Traits ◽  
Prosoziales Verhalten ◽  
Unemotional Traits ◽  
Screening Device

Callous-unemotional Traits (CU-Traits) stellen in der emotionalen Entwicklung Abweichungen dar, wie mangelnde Empathie oder ein oberflächlicher Affekt und gehören zu den Kernmerkmalen der Psychopathy. Aus einer entwicklungspsychopathologischen Sichtweise wird in der vorliegenden Studie untersucht, ob diese affektiven Merkmale bereits bei Kindern im Kindergartenalter zu identifizieren sind und sie mit Verhaltensproblemen, besonders mit externalisierenden Verhaltensproblemen, im Zusammenhang stehen. Anhand einer Stichprobe mit 311 Kindern (durchschnittlich 5;0 Jahre) wird die Anzahl der Kinder mit Callous-unemotional-Traits (CU-Traits), erfasst mit dem „Antisocial Process Screening Device“ (APSD), identifiziert. Es werden quer- und längsschnittliche Zusammenhange zwischen CU-Traits und Erlebens- und Verhaltensprobleme (SDQ) dargestellt. 23,3 % der Kinder weisen erhöhte Werte auf der Skala CU-Traits auf. Jüngere Kinder erreichen höhere Werte, so dass normative Entwicklungseinflüsse nahe gelegt werden. Es zeigen sich eindeutige Beziehungen zwischen CU-Traits und Verhaltensproblemen sowie negative Korrelationen zu prosozialem Verhalten. In der längsschnittlichen Analyse über ein Jahr erweisen sich CU-Traits als Prädiktor für Verhaltensprobleme. Ein spezifischer Zusammenhang zwischen aggressivem Verhalten und CU-Traits kann nicht aufgezeigt werden. CU-Traits stehen besonders mit einem Defizit prosozialen Verhaltens in Verbindung. Es wird diskutiert, ob CU-Traits bei jungen Kindern dazu geeignet sind, aggressive Kinder frühzeitig zu identifizieren.

Adolescents with Callous Unemotional Traits and their Roles in Group Crime and Non-Detected Offending

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Catherine Thornton ◽  
Paul J. Frick ◽  
James Vance Ray ◽  
Elizabeth Cauffman ◽  
Laurence Steinberg
Keyword(s):  
Callous Unemotional ◽  
Callous Unemotional Traits ◽  
Unemotional Traits
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